[Live] WEBCAST MAR 17: WSIS Thematic Workshop – Hack the Accessibility Gap

[ISOC_live]

Yes, it's WSIS time again! This year it includes a special track '*The ICTs
and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and Specific Needs'.*

A11ySIG kicks off its simulcasting with this session on Thursday. *Tanzila
Khan* will focus on reproductive health and education, *Ramy Soliman*on braille
entertainment platform for the blind, *Cid Torquato* on disability
rights, *Nadine
Dlouhy* on accessible information about sexuality, relationship, body and
identity, *Wilfried Kainz* on innovative accessibility solutions from
around the world.

ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday March 17 2022, at 12:00-13:00 UTC in the
World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022 (WSIS 2022) the World
Summit Awards (WSA) hosts a thematic workshop 'Hack the Accessibility Gap'.
Meet digital innovators from all over the world, demo"


[image: livestream]
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2022-144>On *Thursday
March 17 2022*, at *12:00-13:00 UTC* in the *World Summit on the
Information Society Forum 2022 <https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/>*
(WSIS 2022) the *World Summit Awards <https://wsa-global.org/>* (WSA) hosts
a thematic workshop '*Hack the Accessibility Gap
<https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2022/Agenda/Session/144>*'. Meet
digital innovators from all over the world, demonstrating how digital
content and innovation can raise awareness, provide access, narrow
accessibility gaps and feature taboo topics. WSA is a global and
multi-stakeholder community and initiative reaching 182 UN member states,
contributing to the WSIS action lines and the achievement of the UN SDGs.

*PANEL*
*Tanzila Khan*, Founder, Girlythings (Pakistan)
*Ramy Soliman*, Co-Founder & COO, Bonocle (Qatar)
*Cid Torquato*, Institutional Relations Coordinator, Sao Paulo State
Secretariat for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Brazil)
*Nadine Dlouhy*, Trainer, equalizent (Austria)
*Wilfried Kainz*, Researcher, Zero Project (Austria)

*MODERATOR*
*Peter A. Bruck*, Chairman of the Board of Directors, WSA (Austria)

The session will be simulcast by the *Accessibility SIG
<https://a11ySIG.org/> *(ISOC-NY)

*LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2022-144
<http://livestream.com/internetsociety/wsis2022-144>*

*PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3CHMqt7 <https://bit.ly/3CHMqt7>*

*REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/>*) (AI)

*TWITTER #WSIS2022 #a11y #WSA #HackTheGap <https://bit.ly/3CKg1lx>
@WSAoffice @WSISprocess @Tanzila__Khan @GirlythingsPk Ramy Soliman
@Bonocle1 Cid Torquato @InclusaoSP Nadine Dlouhy @equalizent Wilfried Kainz
@ZeroProjectorg*

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